Rewriting My Heart's Fate

I took a deep breath, looked up, and met Julia's gaze. "I'm up for the DNA test, but there's one thing I need from you first."

"Oh? What's that?" she asked, her eyes narrowing, a smug little smile on her face.

"If the test proves you're wrong, you'll never get involved in my relationship with Ethan again. And you'll owe us a public apology-right in front of the cameras."

The moment I said it, the room fell into whispers. Even Ethan looked shocked.

He grabbed my hand, looking worried. "What are you doing, Evelyn? Don't act rashly!"

I shook my head, my tone firm. "Ethan, is this how you want to live your life-always under someone else's thumb? If we don't stand up and fight this, we'll never get out from under it!"

Ethan hesitated for a moment before finally nodding. "Okay, I'll listen to you."

refuse, then today's the day we walk away from the Graysons. We'll go

find the right words for a while before snapping, "Oh, now you think you're tough, huh? How dare you take me on? Fine, let's see what

drew a small vial of his blood. He cried from the pain, and it felt like

on a little longer. I'm right here," I whispered, my eyes reddening as I

sample, too. His hand tightened around mine, his gaze steady, silently

the samples and left, and the ward fell into a

breath and took the slip of paper with shaking hands. So it was true-they truly were father

wide. She snatched the report and stared at the printed words, frozen. Aftera long stunned silence, she collapsed into a chair, her face

muttered in

my face.

your promise," Ethan said coolly.

her face with